John France

Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000-1300

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From the author of Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade, this book offers a wide-ranging and innovative survey of crusading warfare, and is intended as a standard reference for students and professional historians

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 681g
• ISBN-13: 9781857284669
• ISBN-10: 1857284666
• Artikelnr.: 35669407

Autorenporträt

John France

Inhaltsangabe

The means of war
the men of war
causes, aims and objectives
battle and war, 1000-1152
war and the state in the 12th century
war, ideology and chivalry in the 11th and 12th centuries
Bouvines and its myth
battle and warfare in the 13th century
civilization versus the barbarians
warfare and change.

Rezensionen

'I am full of admiration for this excellent story of the practice of warfare in the Central Middle Ages. It is a work of both scholarship and synthesis, full of insight, and communicated in an accessible and professional way.' - Norman Housley, University of London